Smithsonian Magazine

All Nine of Jan van Eyck’s Surviving Portraits Are Coming Together for the Very First Time in History

The Northern Renaissance painter's innovative techniques altered the course of art history. An upcoming exhibition in London ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA may be hiding in his artwork, researchers say

Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s elusive DNA.
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James Webb unveils jaw-dropping new images of Cassiopeia A blast

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned one of the sky’s most famous wreckage sites into a cinematic spectacle, unveiling ...
The Art Newspaper

Why this rarely seen Van Gogh self-portrait deserves more attention

Van Gogh’s “Self-portrait with bandaged Ear and Pipe” shows that the painter had lost none of his artistic skill – and it has ...

If an Anne Boleyn portrait is really Elizabeth I, there's a good reason

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tudor historian Owen Emmerson about his theory that the face in a famous portrait of Anne Boleyn ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Could This Portrait of an Elderly Man With a Young Woman’s Face Hidden in His Beard Be a Long-Lost Study by Peter Paul Rubens?

When a dealer saw the unsigned painting at auction, he wondered if it might be an original piece by the renowned 17th-century ...